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ok so i have this knight goby
ive done research but couldnt find anything

mines gray, is there a way i can make it whiter, i see them rele white in all the videos on youtube

and its also been hiding a lot, kinda hard to feed hiding =/

once again on all the videos they are swimming about

how can i get him to start swimming around the tank so its easier to feed?

They are naturally a grayish white color. What kind of water do you have him in. Knight Gobies are BW fish. He may just be getting used to the tank and is most likely hiding until he feels comfortable enough to swim around and investigate.

I'm sorry but have you had him long or is he a new tank inhabitant?

he is new, that does make sense.. lol
and the color, i dont even rele see any white at all

Im assuming hes in BW? Did you buy him from a store that was keeping him in fresh?

Pictures might help.

haha
well.... i cant even get a picture thats how good hes hiding
and yes, he is in BW with a GSP and a bumblebee goby

but yeah, i bought him actually as they were unloading the shipment, walked in at perfect time, ive been waiting for it for weeks and the stores truckk or something broke down =/

I have only ever seen gray knight gobies, not dark gray but gray none the less. Maybe it was the lighting that made the others you have seen appear white. I have two knight gobies, one I've had for about 8 months and the other about 4. They are both full grown. They have only recently stopped being reclusive, within the past two months. Now they are out in the open all the time and this past weekend they swam into my open hand (at the same time) to eat mysis shrimp as I was distributing it through the water. Just be patient, because once they are truly comfortable, they are amazing to watch.

ok, so hes still in the rocks 24.7. lol

i have not seen him eat ANTHING and im getting kind of worried

i did buy a million ghost shrimp so hopefully he might pick on them, but its like hes not even going for anythin even if i put it under "his" rock

How big is the knight goby and how big are the shrimp? My knight gobies go wild for mysis shrimp (the frozen kind). They also like the brine shrimp and spirulina, glass worms and blood worms.....mine eat pretty much anything.

about like 4 inches

the ghost shrimp are like an inch maybe

i did notice him come out when my lights went off, is this normal?

ive tried frozen brine shrimp and blood worms too, its a no go

have you tried live brine shrimp? If there's a little fish that won't come out of hiding for that I'm yet to find it!

I never see 2 of my timid BBG's so I feed the tank live brine shrimp every now and again just to make sure they come out and I can tell that they're still alive!

no i havent, where would i get live brine shrimp?

and i have tried sooo much i put the ghost shrimp under his rock, i have put algae sheet under his rock, i have put, frozen krill under his rock, so i dont even no & when i did that he didnt even move he just kinda sits there unless i move the entire rock lol

am i just having rele bad luck =/ lmao

I get them by the bag at the LFS.

LilGreenPuffer wrote:I get them by the bag at the LFS.

Me too, they are normally kept in the fridge.

ok!!!! ill have to ask my lfs

thanks,

and what if he doesnt go for it?